# Fractures at Butterball, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20221211087` · 12/21/2022 · JONESBORO, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Butterball, LLC
- **Location:** 9401 E. Highland Dr, JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, 72401
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting a packaging machine. Upon feeling the plastic seal head to see if it was warm, clean, and sealing properly, the machine cycled and the employee's left thumb was caught between the seal head and the mold plate. She sustained a thumb fracture that required surgery.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*